KOHAT: The residents of three villages of Boraka and Teen Talab have demanded a canal from Tanda Dam and digging of a water bore and tubewell as the local pond, the only source of drinking water, has dried up due to prolonged dry spell.

Talking to this correspondent on Thursday, Boraka peace committee chairman Sher Khan and former village nazim Kinar Khan said Boraka and Teen Talab, located at 15 miles from Kohat city, were still without drinking water.

They regretted that the plastic pipe was always ruptured and could not supply water to Boraka from Bumma area due to prolonged power breakdowns.

They demanded that steel pipe should be laid from Bumma to rid them of bringing water by spending Rs600 from Tanda Dam. They said water of the canal leading to Jarma could be diverted to the village to resolve the grave problem.

SMUGGLING BID FOILED: The city police foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons and spare parts from Darra Adamkhel to Afghanistan via Kohat- Parachinar road and held an alleged smuggler on Thursday.

According to a statement, city police SHO Amjid Hussain stopped a suspicious truck (EK-84P8) on the Peshawar bypass road and during search the police team recovered four Kalashnikovs, 83 pistols, 45,100 cartridges and spare parts from its secret cavities.

The police also arrested the alleged smuggler Fazal Rehman of Afghanistan. A case under arms act has been registered against him.

SEALED: The drug control authority sealed three medicine shops for selling illegal and unregistered medicines here on Thursday.

Drug inspector Irfan Khan filed cases against the owners and seized illegal medicines.

A statement issued here said the drug inspector inspected drugstores in Naway Kallay, OTS Road, Garhi Mawaz Khan and other areas. He sent the cases to the provincial drug control board for further action.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2021